This is one of those reference type posting that I can refer back to from other postings rather than re-explaining a processes.
Included on the CD that came with your new BlackJack is a synchronization program written by Microsoft called ActiveSync. This program allows you to syncronize data between your BlackJack and your desktop. It also allows you to access files on your device, which is what this post is going to cover.
I will assume that everyone has gotten their ActiveSync application up and running. Hopefully any data you are entering in your BlackJack calendar is showing up on your computer, and vise versa.
With that assumption out of the way, you may notice that in the ActiveSync program menu, there is a "Tools/Explore Device" item. If you click on it you will be presented with a window showing you a directory with entries such as (you may or may not have all these):
- My Windows Mobile-Based Device
- My Pictures
- My Videos
This just happens to be your My Documents directory on your BlackJack. If you double-click on the My Windows Mobile-Based Device, as you would on any directory if you wanted to navigate into it, takes you to the root directory of your BlackJack. Here you will find some familiar directories if you are use to using Windows:
- Application Data
- Documents and Settings
- My Documents
- Program Files
- Temp
- Windows
The My Documents directory is the one you where previously in. If you go into the Windows directory it will take a little time before you see anything, but again, many of the directories will be familiar if you have snooped around a Windows based machine before.
In most cases all the files and directories you see can be dragged to your desktop for viewing (and editing!). You are not able to directly edit files on your BlackJack using ActiveSync. This is not a major issue as you can copy files to your desktop, edit them, and then copy them back.
Of particular interest on your BlackJack are:
- \Windows\Favorites - This is your IE browser favories. Feel free to organize these, add new ones by dragging links from your desktop, or removing any of them.
- \Windows\Start Menu - This is where all the shortcuts to the applications found in your Start menu are found. Again, feel free to organize these into directories. The actual order that the items are shown are stored in the registy, but that is a different post :)
- \Application Data\Home - This is where the information for your Home screen are stored. Here you will find all the screens that are listed in "Start/Settings/Display/Home Screen"
